Biometric Tracking System with Virtual Records for Secure Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tracking systems for articles of manufacture lack efficient and secure methods for biometric identification and data exchange, particularly in ensuring the anonymity of users during transactions and the secure transfer of products across different locations.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented tracking method and system that generates temporary virtual records with EDI data payloads, including transaction records, location transfer requests, and biometric IDs, transmitted via a data communications network, enabling secure exchange zones and biometric identification without requiring users to input authentication data, utilizing EDI data formats and biometric devices for secure processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional tracking systems are used for articles of manufacture, then basic tracking functionality is provided, but user anonymity and security during transactions are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary tracking system that mediates between buyers and sellers without revealing their identities. The system uses temporary virtual records and exchange zones as intermediaries to facilitate transactions while maintaining user anonymity. The tracking number serves as an intermediary identifier that links transactions without exposing personal information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates temporary virtual copies of user records instead of using real user identities. These virtual records contain only necessary transaction information and are deleted after the transaction completes. This copying approach maintains security while enabling tracking functionality.
2Ease of operation
If manual authentication data input is required for product exchange, then security verification is achieved, but transaction efficiency and user convenience are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual authentication data input with biometric authentication systems. Fingerprint scanners, facial recognition, or other biometric devices automatically verify user identities without requiring users to manually enter authentication data. This substitution maintains security while dramatically improving convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The biometric authentication system enables users to authenticate themselves automatically without needing to interact with clerks or input data. The system self-verifies user identities through biometric matching, making the process both secure and convenient.
3Loss of information
If detailed user information is stored for tracking purposes, then comprehensive tracking capability is provided, but user privacy and data security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential tracking information needed for transaction completion while removing all unnecessary personal data. The system stores minimal information such as tracking numbers, exchange zone identifiers, and transaction timestamps, while completely excluding sensitive personal identifiers from the tracking database.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements different data retention policies for different types of information. Essential tracking data is retained for the duration needed to complete transactions, while personal information is either not collected or is immediately deleted after verification. This local quality approach ensures tracking effectiveness without compromising privacy.
4Reliability
If secure exchange zones are implemented for product transfer, then transaction security is improved, but logistical complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes secure exchange zones and prepares tracking infrastructure in advance of transactions. Virtual records are created beforehand, and exchange zones are pre-configured with authentication systems. This preliminary action enables rapid transaction processing while maintaining security, as the infrastructure is already in place rather than being set up during each transaction.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to electronic computer implemented tracking method and system for an article of manufacture. In one aspect, a plurality of computer readable records are electronically maintained and stored in a computer readable database. In one step, a temporary virtual record is generated with EDI data payload including a transaction record attribute, a location transfer request attribute for designating a transfer location of an article of manufacture, and a recipient user biometric ID attribute. Next, electronically via data communications network tunnel, EDI data payload representative of the transaction record attribute and the location transfer request attribute is transmitted; and responsive to the location transfer request attribute, via the computer-based data communications network, the system transmits EDI data payload representative of an exchange zone attribute for designating a physical zone for exchanging said article of manufacture.